Corner-post fastener.



A. WOLF & A. GOVERNALE.

CORNER POST FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, I912.

Patented June 22, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS co. FHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON D C.

AARON WOLF AND ANTONI GOVERNALE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO METALLIC FLEXIBLE HOSE COMPANY, 013 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A C013,-

IPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CORNER-POST FAS'IENER.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed June 11, 1912. Serial No. 703,004.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, AARON WOLF and ANTONI GovnRNALn, both citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, and of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Corner-Post Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in corner post fastenings, and more particularly to that type in which the parts serving to connect the side rail to the metal corner post are formed from sheet metal.

In our improved construction, we provide for the direct attachment of the side rail to the corner post connection without necessitating the employment of any connecting member on the side rail. This in the preferred construction is accomplished by attaching a short tubular member to the post with its open end adapted to receive the end of the side rail.

One important feature of our invention relates to the means for supporting and securing this side rail within the tubular member.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is an end view of our improved construction showing the side rail in section; Fig. 2 is a top plan view, the post being shown in section on the line b-Z of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line a--a of Fig. 2; Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the tubular member disconnected from the post and the wedge for securing it in place, the'side rail being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the side rail supporting member adapted to be permanently secured within the tubular member; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the angle iron connecting adj acent corner post fastenmgs.

We have illustrated our invention as applied to a portion of a bedstead having a metal corner post 10 square in cross section. Our invention is equally applicable to corner posts of circular or any other cross sectional form. The side rail is formed of the ordinary angle iron 11 and the two corner posts at each end of the bedstead are connected together by transverse bars or angle irons 12.

The tubular member 13, which we employ for securing the side rail to the corner post, is formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to substantially rectangular form, as shown in Fig. 1. The edges of the sheet may be secured together in any suitable manner, but preferably the bottom side 14: of the tubular member projects laterally beyond the inner vertical side 15, and this side has two lugs 16 projecting through openings in the lower side 14 and riveted or swaged over to hold the two sides together. The inner side 15 preferably has a portion cut and bent laterally to form a flange 17, to which the connecting bar 12 between the corner post may be bolted or riveted. For securing the tubular member to the post, we provide two opposite sides of the tubular member, preferably the top side 18 and the bottom side 14E, with extensions 19 and 20 adapted to extend through hori' zontal slots in the post, and terminate within the interior of the post. Each extension has an opening therethrough, so that after they have been extended through slots to bring the end of the tubular member flush against the outer side of the post, a wedge 21 may be driven down into these openings to firmly and permanently secure the tubular member to the corner post.

The tubular member is of an interior width and height substantially equal to the width and height of the angle iron forming the side rail 11, so that when the rail is projected into the end of the tubular member, it will engage with the top and one side of said tubular member.

To rigidly support the side rail in position, we provide a supporting member adapted to be rigidly and permanently secured within the tubular member, and of such form that it will support the upper .tical side of the-tubular member. thus benoted that the tubularmember with horizontal flange of the side rail and hold the side flange against the side wall of the tubular member. This supporting member may assume various different forms, but is preferably constructed as illustrated in Fig. 5. The member has a base 22 adapted to be riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the bottom wall 14 of the tubular member, and has an end wall 23 and a side wall 24:. The side wall extends along the inner surface of the side wall 15 of the tubular member so as to support the free edge of the horizontal flange of the side rail alongthelength of the latter, and the end wall is of such size that itsupports said horizontal flange ofhthe sidewall across the. entire width, of the latter, and, atcthe.sametime holds-the vertical flange of the angleiron against-the ver- It will the, supporting member secured therein, presents an end openingof theproper size and shape to receive the side rail, and whenthe side raillissin position, itis supported along itslength at bothsides and across its-width :at the open end of the tubular-member.

For securing the side rail in position, suitable locking means is-employed, which in the form illustrated, constitutes a wedge 25. The topand bottom walls 18 and 14 of the-tubular member, the base 22 of the supporting member and-the horizontal flange of readily withdrawn.

It will be noted that the siderail'does not have any part of theconnection permanently secured thereto and that the entire. connection is permanently secured to the corner post. Thus,-in-the handling or shipping of thebedstead, there are no parts which-are liable to become lost and the siderails may be made up of ordinary angle ironsi andmay be cut by any -machinist, to vary the length of the bed as desired.

In shipping the bed,;the head and the'foot may 1 be =rigidly secured together by short piecesiof angle irons held in the tubular members by the wedges, and as these short pieces do not require anytspecialworkupon them: except the cutting and punching ofthe slots for the wedges, a considerable saving is eflected over the special casting-connections commonly employed in theshippingorstoringof metal bedsteads.

Various changes'ma-y be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts withters 'Patent 1. A corner post fastening, including a tubular member adapted to be detachably secured to the corner post in a substantially horizontal position, a horizontally-disposed side rail in almement with said tubular member, a supporting member secured within -sa1d tubular member and presentlng supporting faces for the lower side and one lateral face of Sitld slde rall, andmeans for detachably securing said side rail in position.

21 111 combination, a cornerpost, a tubular membenrigidly secured to said post, an angle iron projecting into said tubular member and havingan upper horizontal flange and a vertical sideflange,-and a member within said tubular member for supporting said angle-iron along the length of. the free edge of the .horizontal flange.

,3. Incombination, a corner post, a tubular member secured thereto, an angle iron slidable endwise into theend'of-said tubular membeiyand a supporting member secured withinsaid'tubular member and presenting supporting edges extending transversely and longitudinally of-sai-d angle iron.

4. In combination, a corner post, a. tubular member attached to said post and having a portion of one side struck out to form a lug and leaving an opening, a side rail, and a member serving to support said side rail and havingiaportion within said tubular member covering :said opening and a portion serving-together with said side rail to close the end of said tubular member.

5. In combination a corner post, a tubular member secured thereto and formed from a sheet metal blank, said blank being provided with spaced apertures therethrough adjacent toone edge, andzthe opposite edge of said blank beingprovided with separate spaced projections adapted to enter said apertures along the length of saidtubular member, said tubular member having a portion of one-side wall :thereof between said projectionsbent outwardly to form a lug, extending in a vertical. plane at right angles to the plane of saidside wall, a siderail detachably connected to :said tubular member and a cross rail connected to said lug.

6. A corner'post fastener including a member formed from a sheet metal blank and adapted tobe secured to a corner post, said member having an opening in the end thereof oppositetosaid post and into which a side railniay slide end-Wise, a supporting member within said first mentioned member andpresentinga transversely extending edge for engagement with the under side of said sideirail, and a fastening member extending IZertically through said first mentioned mem- 7. In combination, a corner post, a member formed from a sheet metal blank and detachably secured thereto, said member having parallel, vertical, spaced walls, a side rail having the end portion thereof slidable endwise into said member between said walls, a supporting member within said first mentioned member for engagement with the lower side of the end portion of said side rail, and a removable fastening member extending vertically through said first mentioned member between said Walls.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 5 names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AARON WOLF. ANTONI GOVERNALE.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE LEVIEN, CLAIR W. FAIRBANK.

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